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Horseheads Town City Zoning Code

ARTICLE XVI

Off-Street Parking and Loading

§ 204-102 Intent and purpose.

The intent and purpose of this article and the following regulations are to ensure the provision of adequate off-street parking and loading space in order to facilitate the movement of traffic and avoid congestion in the street.

§ 204-103 General requirements.

Off-street parking and loading shall be provided as specified in this article and shall be paved or graveled, drained, maintained and provided with necessary access driveways. All such parking and loading spaces shall be considered to be required space on the lot on which they are located, unless otherwise stated, and not, therefore, to be encroached upon in any manner.

§ 204-104 Required space.

All uses permitted in this chapter, including use variances and special permits, shall provide at least the amount of off-street parking and loading space specified in the following schedule:
For each single- or two-family dwelling unit: two parking spaces, one of which may be garage or carport. For multifamily dwelling units:1 1/2 parking spaces for each unit.
For hotels, motels or rooming or tourist houses without restaurant or lounge: one parking space for each room let for rent.
For a church: one parking space for each three persons to be seated.
For an educational building: two parking spaces for each classroom, plus one space for each employee.
For a community center or other civic or semipublic structure: one parking space for each 100 square feet or increment thereof of gross floor space, plus one space for each employee.
For private parks or playgrounds: one parking space for each 5,000 square feet of open space area or major fraction thereof up to 10 spaces and thereafter one space for every 20,000 square feet or major fraction thereof.
For commercial recreation facilities: one parking space for each employee, one parking space for each 200 square feet of space enclosed for indoor facilities up to 10 spaces and thereafter one space for every 30,000 square feet or major fraction thereof of outdoor facilities.[1]
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Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code; see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I.
For restaurant, club, lodge or similar use: one parking space for each 100 square feet or increment thereof of gross floor area, plus one space for each employee.
For any retail commercial use: one parking space for each 250 square feet or increment thereof of business floor area, plus one space for each employee.
For professional offices, research offices and laboratories, studios or banks: one parking space for each 250 square feet or increment thereof of gross floor area, plus one space for each employee.
For hospitals, clinics, nursing or convalescent homes, and sanatoriums: one parking space for each three beds, plus one space for each employee.
For theaters: one parking space for each four seats.
For bowling alleys: eight parking spaces for each alley.
For all service uses such as printing, welding, plumbing or other similar shops: one space for each employee, plus one space for each 300 square feet or increment thereof of floor area.
For a home occupation: in addition to the dwelling unit requirement, one parking space for each 300 square feet or increment thereof of floor area used for the home occupation.
For a manufacturing, assembly or other industrial use: one space for each two employees.
For all business or manufacturing uses with over 3,000 square feet and less than 10,000 square feet of floor area: one off-street loading space; for each additional 15,000 square feet or increment thereof, one additional space shall be provided. Business or manufacturing uses with less than 3,000 square feet of floor area shall not be required to provide off-street loading facilities if it can be demonstrated to the satisfaction of the Code Enforcement Officer that such facilities are unnecessary. In no event shall any servicing, loading or unloading be permitted from the street.
Industrial park zones: one off-street parking space at least 180 square feet in area not including aisles, per 1 1/2 employees; plus customer and visitor parking as appropriate; and at least one off-street loading area per principal building.